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Pattern formation in drosophila. Katja Nowick TFome and Transcriptome Evolution [email protected]. Single cell multicellular organism. Drosophila development. embryogenesis. 3h. Fertilized egg. 5h. Adult fly. 12d. 24h. Larva = embryo. metamorphosis. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Single cell multicellular organism
embryogenesis
Larva = embryometamorphosis
Adult fly
Drosophila development
Fertilized egg
3h
5h
24h12d
Fertilized egg
Nuclei divide but no cell division Syncytium
Nuclei migrate to periphery,Further nuclei divisionsSynctial blastoderm
Membranes form between nuclei Cellular blastoderm
Early steps of embryogenesis
anterior
5-6 hoursGrooves form at surface of embryo parasegments
9-10 hoursGrooves get deeper and moveCenters of parasegments are now boundaries between segments
T-segments form the thorax (3 T segments)A-segments form the abdomen (8 A segments)
Later steps of development
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Drosophila embryogenesis
5-6 hoursGrooves form at surface of embryo parasegments
9-10 hoursGrooves get deeper and moveCenters of parasegments are now boundaries between segments
T-segments form the thorax (3 T segments)A-segments form the abdomen (8 A segments)
Later steps of development
Effect of mutations
Several adjacent segments missing e.g. no head, no tail
Even-numbered or odd-numbered segments missing Only half the number of segments
Either anterior or posterior part of a segment missing
Early steps of embryogenesis- Molecular processes -
Cascade of three types of genes:Gap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
TFs: code for proteins that regulate the expression of other genes activate or repress other genes
Cascade of three types of genes:Gap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
Many developmental genes code for transcription factors (TFs)
GenePromoter
TF
TFs regulate expression of other genes
GenePromoter
TFs: code for proteins that regulate the expression of other genes activate or repress other genes many TFs interact to start/stop transcription of a target
Transcription factors (TFs)
Modified after Messina et al., 2004
~ 1500 TFs in human genome
RFX
ZNF
HOX
BHLH
Β-Scaffold
BZip
NHR
Trp cluster
FOX Bromodomain
T-Box
Jumonji
E2F
Dwarfin
Paired Box
Heat shock
TubbyAF-4
Methyl-CpG-binding
AP-2
TEA
Pocket domain
GCM
Other
Structural
ZNF762
HOX199
BHLH117
Gap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
hunchback kruppel knirps giant
hunchback ˧
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kruppelknirpsgiant
Gap genes
taillesshuckebein
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Network:
Regulation of gap genes
hunchback ˧
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kruppelknirpsgiant
Pair-rule genesGap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
Regulation of pair-rule gene eve
eve expression is controlled separately in each stripe using different binding sites in eve promotereve = even-skipped
Regulation of pair-rule gene ftz
ftz mRNA is region-specifically degradedftz = fushi-tarazu
Fertilized egg
Nuclei divide but no cell division Syncytium
Nuclei migrate to periphery,Further nuclei divisionsSynctial blastoderm
Membranes form between nuclei Cellular blastoderm
Regulation of segment polarity genesGap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
Are expressed in 14 stripes
Regulation of segment polarity gene engrailed
Gap genes Pair-rule genes Segment polarity genes
engrailed expressed in every segment in the posterior (but not anterior) compartment
7 stripes
14 stripes
engrailed is expressed in every segment in the posterior compartment
engrailed induces hedgehog
hedgehog binds to patched receptor in neighbor cells
activation of wingless in neighbor cells
wingless stabilizes engrailed expression
wingless also activates naked cuticle and the receptor frizzled in adjacent rows, which inhibits engrailed
Refinement of the seven stripes
By receptors and secreted proteins cell-cell interactions
5-6 hoursGrooves form at surface of embryo parasegments
9-10 hoursGrooves get deeper and moveCenters of parasegments are now boundaries between segments
T-segments form the thorax (3 T segments)A-segments form the abdomen (8 A segments)
Later steps of development
Responsible for unique differentiation of each segment by modifying cell fatesMost are TFs, many contain a homeobox (HOX genes)
Homeotic genesSegmentation genes homeotic selector genes
Order of genes on chromosome reflects about the spatial distribution of their expression
Homeotic genes in fly and mouse
Evolutionarily conserved processes
Fertilized egg
Nuclei divide but no cell division Syncytium
Nuclei migrate to periphery,Further nuclei divisionsSynctial blastoderm
Membranes form between nuclei Cellular blastoderm
Intermediate summary
But: How does the location of gap genes determined?
aka Maternal effect genes
~30 different genesAre expressed prior to fertilizationRNA is already present in the unfertilized egg in the ovaryFertilization RNA gets translated
Distribution of maternal RNA in the egg:Uniformly for most genes, e.g. hunchbackFew exceptions: e.g. bicoid, nanosProtein diffuses from point of RNA position and creates a gradient
Create the first asymmetry in the early embryo
Maternal genes
Maternal genes define 3 axes
Anterior system: development of the head and thoraxmaternal RNA of bicoid is at the anterior end of the egg bicoid functions as a TF, controls expression of hunchback (and probably also other segmentation and homeotic genes) Posterior system: development of the abdominal segmentsControlled by localization of maternal RNA of nanos at the posterior end of the eggnanos causes localized repression of hunchback (via control of translation of the mRNA)
Terminal system: development of the specialized structures at the unsegmented ends of the egg (the acron at the head, and the telson at the tail)localized activation of the transmembrane receptor torso
Dorsal-ventral system: dorso-ventral developmenttransmembrane receptor Toll receives signals from a follicle cell on the ventral side of the eggleads to a gradient of localization of the TF dorsal
Maternal genes
bicoid nanos
Anterior-Posterior axis
bicoid hunchback nanos hunchback˧
Effect of mutations in anterior-posterior axis determination:
Weaker gradient anterior part of the embryo looks more posterior-likeStronger gradient anterior structures extend further posteriorUnfunctional bicoid: head and thoracic structures are converted to the abdomen making the embryo with posterior structures on both ends, a lethal phenotype
Anterior-Posterior axis
Summary
Maternal Gap Pair-rule Segment polarity Homeotic genes genes genes genes genes
General concepts of pattern formation:
Defining axes and establishing gradients
Gradients act as signals, cells sense them and respond to them Information in biology is quantitative!
Location of the nucleus/cell determines its fate
Network/hierachy of TFs defines domains in the embryo (spatial-temporal regulation of gene expression)
Cell-cell communication refines the domains
1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded for studies on the genetic control of early embryonic development to Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Edward B. Lewis and Eric Wieschaus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncxs21KEj0g&feature=relmfu
Final note